Build bikes · build skills · build futures
More than a bike.A way forward.
Every bamboo bike built in our workshops funds accredited skills programmes in schools, with young people, and inside prisons
A social enterprise CIC · enhanced-DBS facilitators · public-liability insured
Hand-built bamboo · lugged by hand
One craft. One engine for change.
We're not a bike shop with a charity attached. The workshops fund the mission directly.
Building bikes. Building futures.
The same hands-on build runs in schools, with young people facing barriers, and inside prisons turning making into real skills, confidence and green careers for people the system too often leaves out.
The bike was the first thing I ever made with my own hands. When my daughter rode it on family visit day, I felt like a dad again.
— A Build to Bond makerIf you can use a few hand tools, you can build this.
Simple method, hand tools, low-cost renewable material — open to all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
- 4,000+builders trained
- 36countries
- 80%built outside the UK
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Simple hand tools
A file, a saw, some sandpaper — everything else comes in the kit.
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No experience needed
Most builders have never made anything before. We guide every step.
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Any age, anywhere
Built at kitchen tables in 36 countries, by people of all ages.
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Built to last
Light, strong and it soaks up the road. These bikes get ridden hard.
Bamboo soaks up the road — riders and reviewers agree.
Not just our word. National press, pro reviewers and ten-year riders all land on the same thing: it rides beautifully.
GCN reviewGlobal Cycling Network puts a bamboo bike to the test: “Are bamboo bikes actually any good?”
Bamboo naturally dampens vibration, allowing the smoothest ride.
A really, really comfortable ride — smooth but not too flexy.
Taro still rides the same frame after 10 years of daily commuting. Read his story.
One club, many ways in.
Whether you want to build a bike, run a programme, or back the mission — there's a door for you.
Build your own
Workshops in London, Amersfoort & Toulouse — or a kit shipped to your door. No experience needed.
Workshops & kits →
Work with us
Accredited programmes for prisons, schools and colleges — plus corporate team-building days.
Our programmes →
Back the mission
Fund a cohort, offer placements, or champion our work. £11.41 of social value for every £1.
Get involved →Frame kits, shipped worldwide.
From bare bamboo to the open road.
Taps into 'the IKEA effect' — that extra bit of affection people reserve for objects they put together themselves.
Financial Times, 2025
Build it. Ride it. Pass it on.
Whether you build a bike, run a programme, or fund a cohort — you become part of the loop.
See a bamboo bike come together
Build film by Julian Goulding · a Bamboo Bicycle Club community build
From raw bamboo to a frame that rides — in a couple of days, with no factory in sight.